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Polygon Software's New Release of PolyPM Features Vendor
Quality Assurance
New release of PolyPM features Quality Assurance for vendors and numerous
other enhancements for Polygon’s apparel specific PLM and ERP
solution.
Baltimore, MD – September 9, 2009 -- Polygon Software, a leading
developer of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Enterprise Resource
Planning (ERP) solutions for apparel businesses, today announced the
release of PolyPM version 4.6. PolyPM’s new release features vendor
Quality Assurance, which provides a comprehensive environment for collecting
vendor performance data and for integration of raw material testing
and results tracking into the entire product lifecycle. The collected
information can be used for evaluating vendor performance, accepting
or rejecting materials, issue tracking, and supplier audits. The new
release of PolyPM also features enhancements that improve the user experience
and overall function of the product.
Quality assurance is a critical business process for apparel businesses
as they source raw materials from vendors and suppliers from all over
the world. By integrating quality assurance into PolyPM’s PLM
and ERP solution, product development teams and manufacturers can replace
point solutions and spreadsheet or paper based systems, thereby achieving
complete automation. Using PolyPM’s quality assurance functions
product development departments and manufacturers are able to achieve
real-time visibility of vendor performance through:
User-defined testing procedures – Develop any number of inter-related testing procedures specifying methodology and acceptable range of results.
Inspection management – Selectively inspect incoming raw materials with approval rejection standards and user-defined rating systems.
Fabric dyelot approval with integration to receiving – Independently check/test dyelot submits with approve/reject rating and receiving contingent on approved dyelots.
Cost recovery and chargeback – Track rejected materials and issue returns and chargebacks.
Vendor audits – Evaluate vendor performance and develop overall vendor ratings.
Nonconformance management – Identify and track raw material nonconformance and produce analytic reports showing history and trends.
PolyPM version 4.6 incudes more than one hundred new features. Some of the more notable features are: user-defined colors for all tables, forms, and statuses and user-defined color themes; a number of style costing calculation enhancements; calculation of material overage requirements based on customer; a number of scan and pack enhancements; new tables that show bundle level or cut order progress based on time & action calendars, and a variety of new features for barcoding work-in-process and raw materials. Polygon Software maintains an aggressive schedule of three or more major releases annually.
About Polygon Software
Polygon Software has a long and prestigious history of developing advanced
software applications for the apparel industry. Starting in the 1970’s,
the founders of Polygon developed the first CAD/CAM system for apparel
manufacturers, the AM-1. Today this system is the worlds leading apparel
CAD/CAM system. In the 1980’s Polygon introduced PolyNest, the
first open apparel CAD/CAM software running under Microsoft Windows.
PolyNest revolutionized the way apparel CAD was distributed by enabling
end-users to acquire their software and hardware from multiple sources.
Polygon's latest product, PolyPM, is the first product to integrate
PLM and ERP into a single solution, automating the transition from design
to manufacturing. PolyPM transforms the way small to mid-sized brands,
distributors and manufacturers operate, by providing information technology
that previously was only available to the “big-guys”, in
a system that lets users independently customize their installation
to reflect their business practices. For more information, please visit
www.polypm.com.
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